Motor Racing
- NASCAR Championship – Herb Thomas, driving his own #92 Hudson Hornet.
- AAA Racing –
- 30 May – Bill Vukovich wins the 37th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Fuel Injection Special Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
- Sam Hanks wins the season driving championship
- Formula One – Alberto Ascari (Italy) is two-time World Drivers' Champion, driving for Ferrari. He is the first driver to win the championship twice since its inception in 1947.
- 24 hours of Le Mans – Tony Rolt / Duncan Hamilton share a Jaguar C-Type
- Rally racing –
- Maurice Gatsonides / Peter Worledge win the Monte Carlo Rally, sharing a Ford Zephyr >
- Drag racing – The NHRA holds its first official race in April on a section of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds parking lot in Pomona, California.
- World Sportscar Championship –
- Inaugural season
- Ferrari wins constructor's championship after 3 victories in the season.
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